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See Faldo. Valée (vä-la'), Comte Sylva in Charles. Born at Brienne-le-Château, Aube, France, Dec. 17, 1773: died at Paris, Aug. 16, 1846. A marshal of France. He served in the Napoleonic wars, especially in the Peninsula, commanding the artillery of the 3d army corps in Spain in 1809, and attaining the rank of general of division in 1811; was inspector-general of artillery under the first restoration (1814); supported Napoleon during the Hundred Days; retained his position under the second restoration; was created a peer of France in 1835; went to The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century Cyclopedia of names Valée Algeria in 1837 in command of the artillery; captured Const an tine Oct. 13, and was made a marshal; and was governor-general of Algeria 1837-40. Valeggio (vä-led'jo). A town in the province of Verona, Italy, situated on the Mincio 14 miles west-southwest of Verona. It has a notable fortified bridge, cro ing the Mincio to Borghetto, built in 1393 on Roman foundations by Gian Galeazzo Visconti with much architectural lavishne . There is a battlemented causeway about 1,800 feet long, with a high gate-tower at each end, and a bridge, now broken, in the middle. Here, May 30, 1796, the French under Kilmaine defeated the Aus trians under Beaulieu. Population (1881), commune, 5,437. Valençay (vä-lon-sa'). A town in the department of Indre, France, situated on the Nahon 46 miles east-southeast of Tours. In its castle Ferdinand VII. of Spain was confined 1808-14. Population (1891), commune, 3,621. Valence (vä-lons'). The capital of the department of Drôme, France, situated on the Rhone in lat. 44° 56′ N., long. 4° 53′ E. It has an imp or and is the seat of a suffragan bishop of the archbishopric of Avignon. The Romanesque cathedral was consecrated in 1095. Valence originated in the Roman colony of Valentia (whence the name) of the Segalauni in Gallia Narbonensis. Population (1891), 19,970; commune, 25,283. trade and manufactures (silks, metal-work, Valencia (va-len's hiä; Sp. pron. vä-len'the-ä). 1. A Moorish kingdom in Spain. It was conquered by Aragon 1233-53, was permanently united with Aragon in 1319. It comprised the provinces of Cas tell on, Valencia, and Alicante. 2. A province of Spain, bounded by Teruel and Cas tell on on the north, the Mediterranean on the east, Alicante on the south, and Albacete and Cuenca on the west. It is well cultivated and fertile. Area, 4,352 square miles. Population (1887), 733,978.-3. The chief town of the province of Valencia, situated on the river Guadalaviar, near its mouth, in lat. 39° 27′ N., long. 0° 19′ W. (of port): the Roman Valentia Edit a no rum. It is the third city in Spain; has manufactures of silks, tiles, cigars, paper, etc.; and exports wine, fruits, corn, rice, etc. It has a university, an academy, a museum, a botanic garden, and has been the seat of an archbishopric since 1492. The cathedral, founded in 1262, originally a Pointed building, has been much modernized. The original lantern remains, also the north transept, with a fine rose and rece ed door. The interior has good light-effects, beautiful jaspers and marbles, and some excellent Florentine painting. Valencia was founded as a Roman colony by D. Brutus about 138 B. C.; was taken by the Moors from the Goths about 711; was conquered by the Cid about 1095, but soon lost; was reconquered by Jayme I. of Aragon in 12383; was unsucce fully attacked by the French in 1808; and was taken by the French under Suchet Jan. 9, 1812. Its school of painting in the 16th and 17th centuries is noted. Population (1887), 170,763. Valencia (vä-lān'the-ä). The capital of the state of Carabobo, Venezuela, situated near the Lake of Valencia, 86 miles west by south of Caracas. Population (1888), 38,654. Valencia, Duke of. A title of the Spanish pol i tician Narvaez. Valencia, Lake of. A lake in northern Venezuela, west of Caracas, near the Caribbean Sea. Length, 30 miles. Valenciana (vä-lan-the-änä). A celebrated silver-mine near Guanajuato, Mexico. It yielded $14,000,000, in le than five years, toward the end of the 18th century. Valenciennes (vä-lon-syen'). [L. Valencianæ or Valentiana .] A fortified city in the department of Nord, France, situated at the junction of the Rhondelle with the Schelde, in lat. 50° 22′ N., long. 3° 31′ Ε. It is in the center of a coal-mining and agricultural region; has foundries, forges, and man ufactures of iron-ware, sugar, woolens, cotton goods, linens, etc.; and long famous its lace. In the middle ages Valenciennes formed part of the county of Hainaut; was taken by the Spaniards in 1567; was defended by Condé against the French under Turenne in 1656; was taken by Louis XIV. and annexed to France in 1677; was captured by the Allies (Austrians and English under Ferraris and the Duke of York) in July, 1793; was recovered by the French under Schérer Aug. 27, 1794; and surrendered to the Pru ians Aug. 18, 1815. It was the birthplace of Froi art, Watteau, and Pujol. Population (1891), 28,700, Valens (vā'lenz). One of the principal generals of Vitelli us, 69 A. D. He defeated Otho at Bedriacum. Valens. Born at Cibale, in Pannonia, about 328: killed in the battle of Adrianople, Aug. 9, 378. Roman emperor, younger brother of Val ent in i an I. by whom he was made emperor of the East in 364. He defeated and put to death his rival Procopius in 366; terminated the troubles with Persia by a truce in 377; and permitted the Goths to settle south of the Danube in 376. The Goths revolted under Frithigern in 377; overcame the generals the emperor, was then in Syria; and totally defeated and slew Valens himself at Adrianople Aug. 9, 378. Valens. A pseudonym of Richard Burke. Valens, Aqueduct of. See Aqueduct of Valens. Valentia (va-len's hiä). A province in Britain, in the latter part of the Roman period, generally thought to have been between the walls of An to nine and Severus. Valentia. An island off the southwest coast of Ireland, belonging to County Kerry, in lat. 51° 56′ N., long. 10° 19′ W. Valentia harbor, on the east coast, was the terminus of the earliest submarine cables to Newfoundland. Length, 6 miles. Valentin (vä'len-ten), Gabriel Gustav. Born at Breslau, Pru ia, July 8, 1810: died at Bern, May 24, 1883. A German physiologist, profe or at Bern from 1836. Among his works are "Lehr buch der Physio logie des Menschen" (1845), "Grundri der Physio logie des Menschen" (1846), etc. Valentine (val'en-tin), Saint. A Christian martyr of the reign of the emperor Claudius (about 270). His festival was observed on the 14th of Feb. before the time of Gregory the Great. The custom of sending valentines had its origin in a heathen practice connected with the worship of Juno on or about this day: its a ociation with the saint is wholly accidental. Valentine. 1. One of the "two gentlemen of Verona" in Shakspere's play of that name. - 2. A gentleman attending on the duke in Shakspere's "Twelfth Night."-3. The principal character in Congreve's "Love for Love." Better ton was famous in this part, with Mrs. Brace girdle as Angelica.-4. A light-hearted spendthrift in Beaumont and Fletcher's "Wit with out Money."-5. The brother of Gretchen in Goethe's "Faust." He is killed by Faust in a street affray. Valentine. A novel by George Sand, published Valladolid Valerian (va-lē'ri-an), L. Publius Aurelius Licinius Valerianüs (va-le-ri-a'nus). Roman emperor 254-260. He became princeps senatus in 238, and was censor in 251. He appointed his son Gallienus as his colleague in 254. The empire was in great disorder during his reign, and was attacked by the Goths, Alamanni, Persians, and others. He was taken prisoner by the Persians in 260, and was put to death about 269. Valérien, Mont. See Mont Valérien . Valerius (va-lē'ri-us), Marcus, surnamed Corvus (kõrvus). Born about 371 в. с.: died about 270 в. с. A Roman general, distinguished in the first Samnite war 343 в. с. Valerius, Publius, surnamed Publicola (publik'ō-lä). According to tradition, the colleague of Brutus in the first year of the Roman republic. He introduced various liberal measures, and was three times elected consul. Valerius Antias (an'ti-as). Lived in the first part of the 1st century B. C. A Roman annalist. Valerius Flaccus. See Flaccus . Valerius Maximus (mak'si-mus). Lived in the first part of the 1st century A. D. A Roman rhetorician and historian. Of his life nothing is known except that he accompanied Sextus Pompeius to Asia in 27 A. D. He dedicated to Tiberius a collection of anecdotes for rhetorical purposes. Val-es-Dunes (väl-a-dün'). A plain near Caen, Normandy, where, in 1047, William, duke of the Norman rebels. Valespir (vä-les-pēr'). A small ancient district in France, now included in the department of Pyrénées-Orient a les. Valetta, or Valletta (väl-let'tä). [Named from J. P. de la Valette.] A seaport, capital of the Maltese group, founded in 1566. It is strongly fortified, and contains many relics of the occupation of the Knights of Malta. Population (1891), with suburbs, 37,350. Valette (vä-let'), Jean Parisot de la. in 1832: so called from the name of the heroine. Normandy (William the Conqueror), defeated The scene is laid in Berry. Valentine and Orson (or's on). A romance of the Charlemagne cycle, which was written during the reign of Charles VIII., and first printed in 1495 at Lyons. Several plays, etc., have been founded on it. Hatha way and Munday produced one in 1598. An interlude of the same name was produced in 1595. Valentine and Orson were twins, born in a forest. Orson was carried off by a bear, and became rough and uncouth. Valentine was carried off by his uncle, King Pepin, and grew up a courtier. Hence the allusions in literature. Val ent in i an I. (val-en-tin'i-an), L. Flavius Val ent in i an us (val-en-tin-i-a'nus). Born at Cibalæ, Pannonia, about 321: died at Bregetio (near Komorn), Nov. 17, 375. A Roman officer, proclaimed emperor by the army in 364. He a ociated with himself his younger brother Valens as emperor of the East, and retained the West. He was actively engaged in strengthening the northern frontiers against the barbarians. Val ent in i an II. Born about 371: murdered in 392. Son of Val ent in i an I., made a ociate emperor of the West with his half-brother Gratian in 375. He was delivered from the rivalry of the usurper Maximus by Theodosius 387-388, and was a a inated by his general Arbogast. Val ent in i an III., L. Flavius Placid us Val ent in i an us. Born 419: a a inated 455. Son of Constant i us and Placid i a, made emperor of the West in 425. His famous general Aëtius gained the victory of Châlons-sur-Marne over Attila in 451, but was murdered by Val ent in i an, from jealousy, in 454. Among the lo es of his reign were Africa (to the Vandals), Britain, and large parts of Gaul and Spain. Val ent in i an. A tragedy by Fletcher, produced before 1618, printed in 1647. It contains some beautiful songs. Val ent i no is (vä-lon-te-nwä'). A former small Born 1494: died 1568. Grand Master of the Knights of Malta 1557-68, famous from his conduct of the succe ful defense of Malta against the Turks in 1565. He built Valetta. Valhalla (val-hal'ä). [NL., repr. Icel. Valhöll (gen. Valhallar ), hall of the slain.] In Old Norse mythology, the abode of Odin in Asgard. Originally the realm of the dead, it became in the viking age a warriors' paradise to which only those go who are slain in battle. It was situated in Gladsheim (Old Norse Gladhsheimr ), the region of joy. Its roof was of gold. On it lived the goat Heidrun (Old Norse Heidhrún ), from whose udders flowed mead; the tree Laerad (Old Norse Laeradhr) rose above the hall and furnished her with food. Within, it contained many halls whose walls were hung with spears and shields. Troops of heroes i ued daily from the many hundred doors to delight themselves in battle, and returned to drink and feast at evening, when Odin was the host and the Valkyrs bore about the mead-horns. Also Valiant (val'yant), The. A surname of Alfonso VI. of Spain. Walhalla . Valiant-for-Truth. A character in the second part of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progre ." Valjean (väl-zhon'), Jean. The principal character in Victor Hugo's "Les misérables." Valkyrie. See Walküre . Valkyrie (val-kīrē) II. A keel cutter built at county of France, in Dauphiné, in the vicinity Glasgow in 1893 for Lord Dunraven. She went to of Valence. Val ent i no is, Duche of. A title of Diana of Poitiers. Val ent in us (val-en-ti'nus). Born probably in Egypt: died about 160 A. D. One of the chief Gnostic teachers. He was educated probably in Alexandria; went to Rome about 138; and was an instructor of Origen and Clement. Fragments of his works have survived. Val ent in us appears to have been considered the most formidable and dangerous of this school of Gnostics. He was twice excommunicated, and twice received again into the bosom of the Church. He did not confine his dangerous opinions to the school of Alexandria: he introduced the wild Oriental speculations into the more peaceful West; taught at Rome; and, a third time being expelled from the Christian society, retired to Cyprus-an island where the Jews were formerly numerous till the fatal insurrection in the time of Hadrian, and where probably the Oriental philosophy might not find an unwelcome reception, on the border, as it were, of Europe and Asia. Milman, Hist. of Christianity, II. 72. Val ent in us. Pope in 827. Valère (vä-lar'). 1. A character in a number of Molière's plays, usually a lover: found in "L'Avare," "Le dépit amoureux," "L'École des mar is," "Le médec in volant," etc. -2. The principal character in Mrs. Cent livre's play "The Gamester." Valeria (va-lē'ri-ä). 1. A character in Shakspere's "Coriolanus."-2. A girl with a mania for biological research in Mrs. Cent livre's "Ba et-Table."